Glider



Aug. 20, 1935. H. PERLEsz ET Al.

' GLIDER Filed May l5, 1933 3 sheets-shea 1 Cham Aug. 20, 1935*. H. PERU-:sz Er AL 011,870

GLIDER Filed May 15, 1955 5 sheets-sheetV 2 Aug.2o, 1935. HPERLESZ HAL 2,011,870 V Q Q x Patented Aug. 20, 1935 yUNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE GLIDER Application May 15, 1933, Serial No. 671,043

2 Claims. (Cl. 5-126) This invention relates to gliders, although in many of its aspects it also relates to other articles of furniture. In the forms illustrated the glider includes a suitable standard of knock-down con- 6 struction, a seat swung from said standard by frictionless bars, and a back hinged to said seat to assume a variety of upright angles and also a horizontal angle for forming a bed. There may also be included an extension which may serve 10 as a leg rest for the glider or as a foot of a bed if the back is lowered.` The seat is normally in a sloping position, but is automatically leveled when-the back is lowered. The entire swinging assembly may be guided in its swinging by piv- 15 oted bars. The suspension bars are preferably made frictionless by providing a 'substantially horizontal slot cooperating with a round pin instead of the old round hole tting a round pin snugly. 'Ihe result is that the pin rolls back and 20 forth in the slot instead of pivotally sliding with respect to the hole.

With these and various other objects iii view,

the invention may consist oi.'A certain novel features of construction and operation, as will be B5 more fully described and particularly pointed out in the specication, drawings and claims appended hereto.

In ,the drawings, which illustrate an-embodiment of the device, and wherein like 'reference B characters are-used to designate Vlike parts,

Figure l is a rear elevation of a. glider embodying'this invention; l, I i

Figure 2 is a side elevation of thestructure of Figurerl; f

l Figure 3 is a fragmentary elevation showing the structure opened out to form a bed.

Figure 4 is a side elevation showing the structure in the chaise longuel position; Figure 5 is a broken away detail View showing l0 the construction of the suspension bars and pins; Figures 6 and 7 illustrate a modiiication of the leveling vfeature in which the back is separable to makea singlebed; l,

Figures 8 and 9 illustrate another modication l5 in which the rear support is permanently pivoted to the underframe; and

Figures 10 and 11 illustrate a. further modication of theinvention in which the rear support extremely universal in its adaptability. v,

Although my invention may take"many forms,

only a few have beenv chosen for illustration. In

most respects the various forms willfbe substanis self-sustaining and ofaa, character that `will be 38 by a suitable pivot 42.

retained in any one of a variety of upright po*- Isition's by the latch members 43 which are pivoted tially the same, andthereiore only the iform fully? shown in Figures 1 to 5 will be )fully described, frame 40. The'latch members 43 are provided the alternative forms being described only as to their variations.

In Figures 1 to 5 the standard is shown to include end structures including the angular horizontal foot bars 2, the uprights 3, the angular 6 head bars 4, and the braces 5. Each of these end structures may be permanently assembled, since they lie substantially in one plane. 'I'he end structures may conveniently be connected by a transverse frame assembly 'l which includes two 10 longitudinal members rigidly secured to each other in spaced relationship by suitable cross bars and braces, not shown. This transverse frame is notched to coact with the foot 2 as shown at 9 and may be clamped to the foot by l5 the bolt I0 and thumb screw, as shown in Figure 2. The transverse frame and the end frames may be angularly braced with respect to each other, as by braces I I. The head bars 4 are provided near their ends with headed pins I4. On these pins are suspended the suspension bars I6, which are provided at their upper ends with substantially horizontal slots I1 and at their lower`ends with substantially horizontalslots I8 communicating with a key hole slot I9. From these bars I6 is carried an underframe which includes the end bars 2| and the transverse bar 22 rigidly secured together. The end bars 2| carry headed pins 24 which extend through the slots I9, being supported on the bottom'thereof. The key hole 30 slots I9 are so shaped that if the underframe 24 is raised slightly the bars IB'may be'slipped off, the pins 24 passing through the enlarged top portion of the key hole slots I9. l

The seat structure comprises a seat frame' 26 35 having front legs 28 and rear legs 29. All the v legs may be braced by corner braces 30, and the l front legs are preferably braced by a transverse angle bar 32, the rear legs being braced by the transverse angle bar 34. The front'legs'arepiv- 40 oted as by Pins 36 -to the end bar 2| `of the under- 'frame. The rear end of the seat frame 26, or ratherk an extension 38 thereon normally rests on the end bars 2| thereby supporting the Seat in a position sloping slightly from the front to i the rear. The rear legs 29 serve merely as guides and as connecting members in the seat frame.

' The back'i'rame 40 is provided with asimilar extension 4| which is pivoted to the extension 'Ihe back frame is 0 to the arms 44 (described below) by pivot pins 45 and which engage headed pins 46 on the back with a large opening 41 through which the head ofthe pin 46 will slip for release of the back. The back frame may then be lowered to a horizontal position for a bed. Secured to the base of the back frame is a leveling leg 49 carrying a roller 50 which is aligned with the 'bottom ange of the end bar 2|. When the back 40 is lowered about the pivot 42 the leveling leg 49 is rotated to the position shown in Figure 3, during which movement the roller 50 rides in on the end bar 2| and raises the rear end of the seat 26 until the seat is level. When the back nears the horizontal position, legs 52.

drop by gravity, being pivoted to the back frame 40 as by a pivot 53, and spring 54 may be provided foi` holding the legs open when `the back is in a horizontal position, or for holding the legs closed against the back when theback is in an upright position. The spring 54 should be just too weak to hold the legs in a horizontal position as the back is lowered tothe horizontal position. The back and seat frames are provided with a spring fabric 56 which is preferably continuous and which in any event should preferably not have a rigid joint between the two frames. 'I'he lower seat cushion 58 and the back cushion 59, which may be separateor continuous rest on this spring fabric. On top of the seat cushion 58 is an auxiliary cushion 60 which may be removed when the back is lowered to form a bed. If the glider is sufliciently wide for the length of the bed, the seat and back alone will form a double bed. If, however, the glider `is only as wide as. the width of a double bed, then an extension 62 should be added in front of the seat. In any event, such an extension is normally carried on the slide bars 64 supported from the transverse angle bars 32 and 34. When it is desired to use the glider as a chaise longue, the extension 62 is drawn out and hooks 66 thereon are slipped into brackets or loops 61 on the'seat frame 26. Of course, if desired, the slidebars 64 may terminate in a steep incline vand latch arrangement which will automatically place the extension 62 at the proper position with respect since this ,will facilitate sliding the extension onto' the slide bars. The hooks 66 and bracket 61 may be so constructed that the' extension 62 can *be swung idown to permit its liront end to rest on the floor, thus providing ya sloping leg rest. Infanyevent, when: the "extension 62 isused the upper cushion 60will be shifted to this position, as shown in Figure 4. i

A lock bar 14 is preferably-pivoted at 15 to one of the uprights 3,.andis slotted at the free'I end to hook over a pin 16 on thev suspension bar which they are pivoted by removable pins 18 to the rightl handside of thev glider where theymay be' pivoted as by removable pins 80 to an extension 82 on theright hand end bar 2 I These equalizer bars are 4preferably fairly. well separated so` that they not only substantially prevent llateral movement of .the glider., but also Silbstantially prevent any twisting movement of the glider. By using equalizer bars 18 as long as the space will permit the fact that the glider moves in an arc is unnoticeable.

Secured to the seat frame 26 `as by thumb screws 86 is an arm structure which includes the uprights 81 and the arms 44. The uprights are rigidly secured to the arms so that they needv the rear legs 29 and ride on a lug 9| which` may carryY a friction-reducing vbushing if deff sired. Lug 9| is carried by the end bar 2|"of the under frame. the seat, the levers 90 are pressed down with the foot, assuming the position shown in Figure 7, a position in which they are self -locking.

' Figures 6 and 7 also illustrate a different modification in which the rear legs 29 are provided `with slots 93 which co-act with pins 94 on the end bars 2| v'I'his pin and slot' arrangement gives the seat structure further rigidity and in fact makes it possible to do away with the rigidly braced front legs shown in Figure 2. `If the braces are retained on the front legs the slot 93 may be curved.

Thechief advantage of the type of leveling device shownin Figures 6 and 7 is in permitting the back to be separable from the seat so as to form a separate twin bed. Thisconstruction is also shown in Figures 6 and "I, in which it is seen that \the extension 4| is provided with a slot 95 which is slipped over the pin 42'. The retaining pin 96 may be provided to prevent removal of the back except when substantially in the position shown in Figure 7. Thus, when the back is in a'. position shown in Figure 6 the direction of the slot 95 is' such that the back would have to be moved in a direction toward the upper lefthand corner of the sheet to be removed, but the pin 96 prevents this movement.

When it is desired to level Figures a and 9 iuustrate stm another modinf cation of the leveling feature. In these figures a leveling leg 98 is pivoted to the back by a. pin 99, located at the rear of the pin 42' (and above the pin 42', as seen in Figure 8). The lower endl of the leveling leg 98 is pivoted as by a pin |00 to the end bar 2| of the underframe. from comparison of Figures l8 and 9, when the baclg is lowered it swings about the pin 99, raising the pinl 42' and-thereby leveling the seat As seen frame 26. In Figures 10 and `11 is shown a modi-l cation of the leveling feature which is of more universal application than either of the other two, since it can be used with a back leg of any length and could be used on a stationary chair as well as on a glider. Int this gure, it is seen that the rear leg or leveling lever |02 is always in-a supporting position and is always properly braced in such position when being secured to any fixed member at its bottom end. As clearly seen from the gures, it is fully braced-by the toggle brace |04 which is pivoted to the leg at.v

,einem is swung down to level the seat (with much the same action as in Figure 8), the leveling of the seat draws the toggle bar lupward, thereby drawing the leg m2 to the more vertical position shown in Figure 11. This structure has the particular advantage of being self-sumcient within what may be called the chair portion of the glider, so that if the front legs of the glider are made rigid ,with the seat frame 2t, but detachable from the end bar 2l of the underframe, the entire chair portion may be removed from. the glider and used as a comfortable chair bed combination on the oor, i. e. without the comparatively cumbersome glider standard.

From the foregoing it is seen that applicant has provided a. glider which is much incre satisfactory than any heretofore known, particularly on account of` its features of adaptability into a bed or a chaise longue; its leveling features, automatic if desired, or coupled with detachability of the back portion to form a separate bed; the frictionless swinging feature; and the equalizer feature providing a guided swing. At the sameA time the structure is thoroughly practical both from the standpoint of being inexpensive, and of being capable of ready lmockdown for shipment.

It is to be understood that many other embodiments of the invention, including some in improved form, will be apparent, and in the course of time more will be devised by those skilled in the art. It is not desired that Athis invention be limited to the details described, for its scope includes all such forms or improvements as come Within the lspirit of the following claims, construed as broadly as the prior art will permit.

What is claimed' is:

1. A glider including: 'a suitable standard, an underframe suspended from said standard, a chair-bed combination suspended with said underframe andv including -a seat, a, back pivotally connected to said seat and normally inclined upwardly therefrom, means supporting said seat normally in position slightly inclined from the horizontal and operable by lowering the back for raising its back edge tc make the seat substantially horizontal, said seatJ including a frame having a fabric spring stretched thereon and having'downwardly extending front and back legs rigidly mounted thereon adjacent its four corners; said front legs being pivoted to said underframe at a point spaced below said seat frame, and said rear legs having a sliding and transversely guiding engagement with said underframe, and a pair of brace members, one extending rearwardly and the other transversely, secured Y to each of said front legs and each secured to another part of said seat.

2. An article of furniture including: suitable end standards, a rigid underframe supported by said end standards, a chairbed combination carried by said underframe and including a seat frame and a back frame provided with suitable spring cushion units; said back frame being pivotally connected to said seat frame, and normally inclined upwardly therefrom when `used as a chair, means supporting said seat frame normally in position slightly inclined from the horizontal and operable by lowering the back frame for raising the rear edge of said seat frame to make the seat frame substantially horizontal when used as a bed,

suitable legs mounted on said back frame to support it when in lowered position, said seat frame `having downwardly extending front and rear legs rigidly mounted thereon adjacent its four corners; said front legs being pivoted to said underframe at a point spaced below said seat frame, and said rear legs having a sliding and transversely guiding engagement with said underframe.

HUGO PERLEsz.

F. PEARCE, Jn. 

